Thomas Bee

Thomas Bee (* 1739 in Charleston , South Carolina province , † February 18, 1812 in Pendleton , South Carolina ) was an American lawyer and politician . He served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the District of South Carolina from 1790 to 1812 .

Career

Thomas Bee was tutored at home by a tutor before later attending the University of Oxford in England . He studied law and began practicing in Charleston on January 27, 1761 after receiving his license to practice law. Bee held the post of Stamp Duty Commissioner in Charleston in 1769 . He then worked as a justice of the peace in 1775 and as an administrative judge between 1776 and 1778. On June 11, 1790, US President George Washington nominated him to succeed William Drayton as a judge at the United States Court for the District of South Carolina . Bee was ratified by the U.S. Senate three days later and received his appointment that same day. Bee held this position until his death. 1801 Bee was nominated as a result of the Midnight Judges Act by US President John Adams for the post of chief judge ( Chief Judge ) of the fifth judicial district and confirmed, but this rejected the post. In 1810, Bee published the South Carolina District Court's Judgments. He also ran his own plantation in Charleston .

Bee also had a political career. He represented St. Pauls between 1762 and 1764 , then St. Peters in 1765 and lastly between 1772 and 1776 St. Andrews in the House of Representatives of the Province of South Carolina. He also worked in the Council of Safety of the revolutionary movement between 1775 and 1776 . During this time Bee took part as a delegate at the first and second provincial congresses. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1776 to 1779, 1781, 1782, and then from 1786 to 1788 . During this time he held the office of speaker between January and February 1779 . Then he was elected lieutenant governor of South Carolina, a position he held between 1779 and 1780. He was then a member of the Continental Congress between 1780 and 1782 . Bee was elected to the South Carolina Senate, where he served between 1788 and 1790. He died on February 18, 1812 in Pendleton and was then buried in Woodstock Cemetery in Goose Creek .

family

Thomas Bee was the father of Barnard Elliot Bee senior (1787-1853), a diplomat from the Republic of Texas , and great-grandfather of Congressman Carlos Bee (1867-1932).

Web links

• Thomas Bee in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Thomas Bee in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

• Thomas Bee in the database of Find a Grave (English)